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In this photo taken from Eminonu docks you can see Yeni Cami
(the New Mosque) - a religious complex consisting of a mosque,
madrasa (a religious school which did not survive to the present),
a fountain, the sultan lodgings and a mausoleum; its construction
lasted 66 years (1597-1663) and was conducted by three successive
architects.

The sultan's pavilion displaying splendid Iznik tiles, paintings
and furniture inlaid with ivory and mother of pearl was turned
into a museum which opened in 1967. Today the area in front
of the entrance steps harbors a dense population of pigeons,
which eventually will take refuge on its domes and arches.